Mike and Ray asked me whether my modem is a Winmodem.
Ray wrote:
>I can't find a "Motorola VoiceSURFR" listed in the database at
>
> http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/20000809a.html
Well, my BIOS calls it a "Motorola VoiceSURFR 56K," and I
couldn't find that exact name in the database, but I did
find a Motorola "VoiceSURFR model 3456" listed like so:
Modemsurfr 56K, Model 3456 INT; Voicesurfr Model 3456,
Rockwell RCVDL56ACFW/SP R6761-22 chipset
under the FCC ID or Reg #
AK3USA-24412-M5-E
So, I physically removed the piece of hardware from my
computer, and the label on it says "FCC REG: AK3USA-24412-M5-E"
-- the same number! It's listed as "OK" for Linux, ISA, and no
jumpers.
Ray wrote:
>If [ISA], then describe in more detail what you are trying
>with isapnp.
Well, I don't really know. The pnpdump man file says:
>pnpdump will scan all the ISA PnP cards, dumping their
>resource data to stdout. The resource data is supposed to
>be a description of the resources (IO ports, interrupts,
>DMA channels) that the card would like, or needs, to use
>to work. It is stored in a small ROM on the card, which
>can be read as part of the Plug and Play configuration
>process.
>
>Note that some manufacturers are rather lax about the
>contents of this ROM, particularly if the card is not
>required for booting, so the resource data may not be
>accurate. As they also typically provide a DOS/Windows
>driver for the card, they really only need to be able to
>recognise it, as the driver can then complete the
>configuration.
>
>The output of pnpdump is in a form that can be used
>by isapnp, except that the actual configuration
>statements are commented out.
[SNIP]
>-c, --config
>
>attempt to determine safe settings to which the devices
>can be set, and uncomment those settings in the output.
>pnpdump will use the /proc filesystem, the contents of
>the /etc/isapnp.gone file and the lspci program to discover
>system resources that have already been allocated if these
>facilities are available on the system.
[SNIP]
>-r, --reset
>
>Carry out a full configuration reset, rather than just
>resetting the CSNs. DANGEROUS as this could reset PnP
>boards in active use by the kernel, resulting in a lockup
>or worse.
And man isapnp says:
>isapnp will carry out the instructions provided in the
>conffile to configure ISA PnP cards. isapnp must read in
>the entire configuration file successfully before it will
>execute the commands: this is to ensure the instructions
>are consistent and valid.
So, I'm just hoping that using pnpdump and isapnp will make
my modem work. But so far it hasn't. I've been reading a
variety of FAQs and HOWTOs on serial devices, modems, and
PnP, and have learned a bit, but still haven't grokked the
subject.
(Here's a quote from my original message, in case anyone
else wants to join in:)
>Extreme newbie here. I'm using Definute Linux 7.0, with
>kernel version 2.2.12-10. I have two plug-and-play cards,
>a soundcard (which we'll ignore for now, as I don't urgently
>need to use it), and a Motorola VoiceSURFR 56K modem, which
>I do want to use. So far I haven't gotten the modem to do
>a single thing. (I'm writing this on someone else's computer,
>of course.)
--AARON
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